Limits of detection in chemical analysis

Details methods for computing valid limits of detection.-Clearly explains analytical detection limit theory, thereby mitigating incorrect detection limit concepts, methodologies and results -Extensive use of computer simulations that are freely available to readers -Curated short-list of important r...

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Main Author Voigtman, Edward, 1949- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
SeriesChemical analysis ; v. 185.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781523114948
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Table of Contents:
  • Background
  • Chemical measurement systems and their errors
  • The response, net response and content domains
  • Traditional limits of detection
  • Modern limits of detection
  • Receiver operating characteristics
  • Statistics of an ideal model CMS
  • If only the true intercept is unknown
  • If only the true slope is unknown
  • If the true intercept and true slope are both unknown
  • If only the population standard deviation is unknown
  • If only the true slope is known
  • If only the true intercept is known
  • If all three parameters are unknown
  • Bootstrapped detection limits in a real CMS
  • Four relevant considerations
  • Neyman-Pearson hypothesis testing
  • Heteroscedastic noises
  • Limits of quantitation
  • The sampled step function
  • The sampled rectangular pulse
  • The sampled triangular pulse
  • The sampled Gaussian pulse
  • Parting considerations.